John Prior, Chad Daybell's attorney, asks to withdraw from the murder case

Chad Daybell's attorney asks to withdraw from murder case

Daybell is charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of his first wife and multiple other people.

Chad Daybell's attorney wants to withdraw from case after 3 years

The filing states that Chad Daybell was found indigent by the court and doesn't have the ability to pay for counsel's continued services

John Prior, Chad Daybell's attorney, asks to withdraw from the murder case

John Prior | EastIdahoNews.com file photo ST. ANTHONY — Boise attorney John Prior has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel in Chad Daybell’s murder case because he says he isn’t qualified to argue a death penalty case and his client can’t pay him. Prior has been Daybell’s defense attorney since May 2021 after a grand jury indicted Daybell and his wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, on murder and conspiracy to commit murder charges for the deaths of JJ V…